Resolution Number: | 2015-A025 |
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Title: | Authorize Ministries for At-Risk Teens |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That the 78th General Convention authorize establishment of a rapid response to Episcopal Ministries that are engaged in intervention to prevent an ongoing crisis in communities such as teen pregnancies, gang violence, school drop-outs, (LGBT) suicides; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council’s Committee on Indigenous Ministry’s Subcommittee on Adolescent Ministries develop and administer a support system and financial resources that the Church can provide to these local communities (for example, asset-based community development); and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request that the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance consider a budget allocation of $54,000 ($18,000 per year) for the triennium for the implementation of this resolution.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, 2015 (New York: General Convention, 2015), p. 278. |
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Legislative History
Author: | Executive Council Committee on Indigenous Ministries |
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Originating House: | House of Deputies |
Originating Committee: | Social Justice and United States Policy |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #3 on Resolution A025 (Support Native American Ministries Engaging At-Risk Teens) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A025)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 78th General Convention authorize establishment of a rapid response to Episcopal Ministries that are engaged in intervention to prevent an ongoing crisis in communities such as teen pregnancies, gang violence, school drop-outs, (LGBT) suicides; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council’s Committee on Indigenous Ministry’s Subcommittee on Adolescent Ministries develop and administer a support system and financial resources that the Church can provide to these local communities; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request that the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget, and Finance consider a budget allocation for the triennium for the implementation of this resolution.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 78th General Convention authorize establishment of a rapid response to Episcopal Ministries that are engaged in intervention to prevent an ongoing crisis in communities such as teen pregnancies, gang violence, school drop-outs, (LGBT) suicides; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council’s Committee on Indigenous Ministry’s Subcommittee on Adolescent Ministries develop and administer a support system and financial resources that the Church can provide to these local communities (for example, asset-based community development); and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request that the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget, and Finance consider a budget allocation of $54,000 ($18,000 per year) for the triennium for the implementation of this resolution.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #33)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #5 on HD Message #33 on Resolution A025 (Support Native American Ministries Engaging At-Risk Teens) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #98)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, June 29.
Report Reference: | Executive Council: Committee on Indigenous Ministries, Reports to the 78th General Convention, 2015, pp. 179-183. |
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Abstract: | The 78th General Convention authorizes the establishment of rapid response to ministries that intervene for at-risk teens, especially with adolescents in indigenous communities. |